Author: heiseifamiliesPairing: Yamajima (main), with other pairings laterGenre: RomanceRating: PGNotes: I really didn't expect this to get so long o.o Sorry for taking such a long time to finish this, we were having exams but we just ended today so there you go! Hope you enjoy it :)

Yamada walked to school quickly.

Oh man, it’s already 8.15am, I’m supposed to start my first lesson by 8.20am, what in the world am I doing!

He quickened his pace, and just as he ran around the corner, he accidentally bumped into another person.

“OH MY GOD I’M SO SORRY I’m very sorry for bumping into you-“ Yamada continuously bowed at the other, not daring to look into his eyes.

“Nah, it’s okay. And if you’re going to keep doing that you’d be late for school.” Yamada looked up upon hearing that familiar boy.

Oh.

It was the boy from his class. Whatwashisnameagain-

“Nakajima.”

Right. Yamada laughed sheepishly to himself. Nakajima Yuto was rather reserved in class so he didn’t really talk to him that much. He was popular among the girls, and always received the most chocolates on Valentine’s Day, but he never returned any of them on White Day. Despite the heartbreak, the girls continued to swoon over him, saying that the act of not returning any chocolates was “so cool, so prince-like”. Yamada could never comprehend their words.

“Anyway, you’ll be late if you’re going to continue standing here.” Yuto walked away, his schoolbag slung over his shoulder, plugging his earpieces back in.

Yamada stared at him incredulously. “Again? But you’ve been skipping school for so many times already. But then again your results are always so good..”

Chinen leaned back on his chair and looked up at the ceiling.

“School is such a bore, I wish I could have something to look forward to.”

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“Hey class! May I know whose is this?” Yamada held up a black notebook, and shook it in the air. Noone paid any attention to him. Yamada sighed. He didn’t know who this notebook belonged to, but he knew that if the person didn’t retrieve it back, he or she would be in trouble, because it contained notes on Chemistry which they were going to be tested on the next day. He didn’t want to be the cause of that person’s failure, so he wanted to give this notebook back as soon as possible. But of course things weren’t going his way. And he was getting annoyed.

“Can someone just answer me!?”

Suddenly, Arioka Daiki walked up to him. He was Nakajima Yuto’s good friend, together with Takaki Yuya, Inoo Kei and Keito Okamoto.

“That’s Yuto’s. Thanks.” Arioka flashed a quick smile at him, and took the notebook from Yamada.

Why couldn’t Nakajima take it by himself? Yamada wondered to himself.

And it was then that he noticed that he was sleeping on his table.

Right.

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Yamada walked to the convenience store and walked straight to the chocolate area. He took a few boxes of strawberry flavoured chocolates and then paid them at the cashier. It was a daily thing, going to the same convenience store which was just a street away from his house.

“Yup. Lectures only start at 5pm, so I decided to report for work first.”

Yabu Kota was a graduate from his school, and was the captain of the school’s soccer team. Yamada got to know him since their parents were good friends with each other. Yabu, despite coming from a wealthy family like every other student from their school, wanted to work on his own so that he could pay some of his school fees by himself. And Yamada admired him for being so independent.

“You’d get fat if you keep eating those.” A voice came from behind Yamada.

Yamada turned around.

Nakajima.

Yuto looked back at him impassively.

Yabu looked at Yamada in confusion.

Yamada sensed the tense atmosphere.

“Uhh Yabu-kun, this is my classmate Nakajima Yuto.”

Yabu’s expression relaxed, and he broke into a smile.

“Hello, Nakajima-kun. My name is Yabu Kota.”

Yuto smiled a little. “Nakajima Yuto.”

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Yamada twirled his pen. He couldn’t concentrate on his homework.

“You’d get fat if you keep eating those.”

Those words bothered him. A lot. Yamada had never been on the skinny side, but he had never been on the obese side too. Though his friends, namely Hikaru Yaotome and Morimoto Ryutaro (Chinen was hardly ever in school so he didn’t really comment on him) often joked around with him about it, he never really cared. But this time it did.

AHHHHHH!

Frustrated, he jumped onto his bed.

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“You’re not eating?” Hikaru Yaotome stared at Yamada in disbelief. Yamada had never, ever, skipped the school lunch before. Especially when dessert was strawberry crepe.

“Not eating.”

Morimoto Ryutaro looked up from his spaghetti. “Why?”

Yamada replied. “I have my reasons.”

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The next day, Chinen came back to school.

“I thought you’re going to skip school for the whole week?”

“Nah, it was boring at home, and my sister, who came back to Japan, kept fussing over me. I couldn’t even watch tv without her messing with my hair.”

As they walked along the corridors, Chinen suddenly stopped in his tracks.

“What’s that sound?”

“It’s a group called Arashi, consisting of five senpais from the third year. I heard they’re really popular.”

“Can I go take a look?”

Yamada shrugged. “No harm trying.”

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Yamada had never seen Chinen so enraptured before. His eyes were glued to their dancing, and singing.

After the whole mini-concert, as Chinen and Yamada walked home, Chinen said something Yamada would have never expected him to say.

“I think school just got a little more interesting.”

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“Hey, are you okay?” Hikaru supported the very dizzy Yamada. Yamada rubbed his temples, and smiled tiredly at Hikaru.

Yamada trudged home tiredly. His dizziness had gotten worse, his whole body felt hot, and his bag felt exceptionally heavy that day.

Ah, I wonder why the sun looks so blur today, oh wait, has it always been this blurry? Why does that distant tree seem further away from me than usual I don’t think I-

And then everything went black.

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Yamada woke up. And blinked.

Where am I?

“You’re awake.”

Yuto walked towards him and sat down on a chair next to his bed.

Yamada sat up and took the cup of water than Yuto offered him.

“What happened to me?”

“You almost fainted. The doctor said that it was due to you not eating, and also because you had a fever-”

“You carried me here?” Yamada interrupted.

Yuto looked away awkwardly. “Y-yeah.”

Yamada smiled shyly. He didn’t quite know how to react. What he didn’t realise was that he was acting like a girl. “Thanks.”

“You’re welcome.” Yuto mumbled, and blushed furiously.

From then on, Yuto and Yamada hung out after school. And slowly, both of their individual groups started to hang out together.

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One day, on their way home after an extremely fun (and noisy) karaoke session, Hikaru said something to Yamada.

“Yamada?”

Yamada looked at his friend. “Yes?”

“I think I fell for Inoo.”

Yamada’s jaw dropped. “Seriously?! Is this coming from Yaotome Hikaru, who swore that love was sickening?”

“W-well, I wouldn’t call this love, but I mean I just, you know, he’s rather quiet sometimes, but then whenever he opens his mouth something witty comes out and it’s really funny unlike those jokes you crack, plus my heart goes all funny when he occasionally wears glasses, and I mean I can’t help it that he’s so cute right?”

Yamada laughed. “Yaotome Hikaru, you’re such a joker.”

“And how about you, Yamada? How are things between you and Yuto eh?”

Yamada often thought about his relationship with Yuto. They talked about almost everything under the sun, and they frequently visited each other’s places, and even held their hands together, but that was it. It was more than just friends, but less than the status of a couple. It was in between.

Stuck.

Yamada just smiled at Hikaru.

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“Don’t be sad, Hikaru. You can always go for another person- “

“I’M NOT SAD.” Hikaru turned his chair away from them, and flipped open a book, attempting to read.

Yamada looked at Ryutaro. Ryutaro shrugged.

“Well, it’s not like we can do much now.”

It was true. No one had expected Inoo to be in a relationship with Yabu. Apparently, Yabu and Inoo had been together since forever. (“BAH! What forever? Nonsense.” Hikaru commented bitterly.)

“Oi, Yamada.”

“Mmm?” Yamada turned to face Hikaru.

“Don’t always believe in love. You’ll become like me.”

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Time passed very quickly that year. Yamada joined the soccer club, and that took up most of the free time he had before. Slowly, the number of times the whole group of them met up together decreased, and eventually, they met up only once or twice in a month. However, Yamada and Yuto still kept in contact.

How was soccer? Remember to eat.

Yuto

It was fine. I fell down twice today, but it was fun. Why don’t you join the club too? ^_^

Yamada.

P.S. I’ve eaten.

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But all good things had to come to an end.

“What? You’re transferring?”

“..Yea.”

“Wh-how? Since when? Where are you transferring to? Why?” Yamada almost dropped the mug of tea he was holding. Yuto took it from his hand, and placed it onto the table.

“My dad. He wants me to attend this school somewhere else. I don’t know where. Because of his work I guess.”

“When was this decided?”

Yuto bit his lips. “..Last month.”

“And you’re telling me this now? What a friend you are, Nakajima Yuto. Does the rest of your friends know about this?”

“I told them last week-“

“Oh wow, great, so I’m the last to know eh? Well, thanks a lot for showing me how important I am to you. You know what? I don’t care about your transfer at all. So good bye.”

Yamada paid for his drink and walked out of the cafe, slamming the door behind him.

“But Yamada-“

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Two years had passed since that day, two whole years. Yamada still kept in contact occasionally with the group of them, everyone, except for Yuto. Thinking back, Yamada knew that he was being unreasonable back then. However, he had deleted Yuto’s phone number on impulse, and there was no way he was going to ask for his number again from the members, ever since the day he told them he was never going to contact Yuto ever again.

Yamada had no choice but to live with it.

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This is horrible. First day of my life as a university student and I’m late.

Yamada ran down the corridor of the building.

It should be this block, but I can’t seem to find the class-

“I AM SO SORRY, I DIDN’T SEE WHERE I WAS GO-“

Yamada looked up and stopped.

“Y-Yamada?”

Yamada dropped his books.

Yuto?

It was Yuto indeed. He had grown slightly taller, and had the messy hairdo. He wore a simple white polo tee, and a pair of jeans. Why he was taking so much notice of him, Yamada understood why. Very well.

“Y-Yuto?”

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Yamada skipped the first class in the end.

He looked at the person sitting opposite him. He knew that he had to tell him.

“Hey, I-“

“Yamada-“

The both of them looked at each other, and laughed awkwardly.

“You can go first.”

“Ahah, it’s okay, you can go first.”

“No no, you can go first.”

Yuto looked at Yamada, and smiled a little.

“I know I’m probably not forgiven for the previous time, but I just want you to hear me out. The reason why I didn’t tell you about my transfer earlier, is because I-“

Haha I'm trying to catch up on commenting. XDDDOMG! POOR HIKARU!!! T___T And wow.... you snuck in Inoobu. XD Wait I mean Yabunoo. AND THE KAWAII YAMAJIMA FLUFFINESS AU THINGY!!!! AND THEY LEFT WITH A MISUNDERSTANDING BUT IT GOT ALL FIXED IN THE FUTURE WHEN THEY MET AGAIN AND THEY GOTS TOGETHER AND IT'S TOTALLY CUUUUUUUTE!! *FLAILS* XDDD And the last line was LMAO. XD Love it!!!

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